Summary Zunal is a website for designing and finding WebQuests. It launched in 2001, to provide free service for preservice and in-service teachers to create WebQuests and share them online. The Zunal WebQuest Maker is web-based software with awesome templates for creating WebQuests. They look very professional. You can create 1 WebQuest with the free membership. If you are willing to upgrade your membership to Pro you can create 50 WebQuests, copy and enhance existing WebQuests, and have access to additional modules to add to your WebQuest. The pro membership is $20 for three years (55¢ a month). The templates are very easy to use. Strengths
Free for creating 1 basic WebQuest and inexpensive for a pro membership.
Easily create very professional, clean looking WebQuests using their templates.
With pro membership, you can copy and enhance existing WebQuests to meet your specific needs.
Great selection of readymade WebQuests to search through and use.
Home page has many helpful top 10 (or 20) lists of the latest published; most reviewed, and most visited WebQuests.
WebQuests can be created in several languages.
Weaknesses
There is a small fee to have full access to all aspects of the website.
Anyone can post so not all WebQuests are well done or error free.
The great modules like adding rubrics, quizzes, and games cannot be used unless you have the pro membership.
Audience The appropriate audience for this website is teachers looking for WebQuests or looking to create/modify a WebQuest. Access This website can be accessed by entering the web address http://www.zunal.com/index.php in your browser. You can create 1 WebQuest with the free membership. If you are willing to upgrade your membership to Pro you can create 50 WebQuests, copy and enhance existing WebQuests, and have access to additional modules to add to your WebQuest. The pro membership is $20 for three years (55¢ a month).
Reflection: WebQuests are another teaching tool that I find very exciting. As I was searching through many WebQuests, it became apparent that not all that claim to be a WebQuest are a genuine WebQuest. Additionally, some were easy to navigate while others were less accessible. I began to wondering how to make a WebQuest look professional and be sure to have all the components necessary to be considered a true WebQuest. Melissa’s review proved to be an answer to my question. Paying for this service is not something I am quite ready for; however, once I have a few more ideas and resources already collected then I will be ready to pay for this service.
Melissa Brown's review of Zunal:
SummaryZunal is a website for designing and finding WebQuests. It launched in 2001, to provide free service for preservice and in-service teachers to create WebQuests and share them online. The Zunal WebQuest Maker is web-based software with awesome templates for creating WebQuests. They look very professional. You can create 1 WebQuest with the free membership. If you are willing to upgrade your membership to Pro you can create 50 WebQuests, copy and enhance existing WebQuests, and have access to additional modules to add to your WebQuest. The pro membership is $20 for three years (55¢ a month). The templates are very easy to use.
Strengths
- Free for creating 1 basic WebQuest and inexpensive for a pro membership.
- Easily create very professional, clean looking WebQuests using their templates.
- With pro membership, you can copy and enhance existing WebQuests to meet your specific needs.
- Great selection of readymade WebQuests to search through and use.
- Home page has many helpful top 10 (or 20) lists of the latest published; most reviewed, and most visited WebQuests.
- WebQuests can be created in several languages.
Weaknesses- There is a small fee to have full access to all aspects of the website.
- Anyone can post so not all WebQuests are well done or error free.
- The great modules like adding rubrics, quizzes, and games cannot be used unless you have the pro membership.
AudienceThe appropriate audience for this website is teachers looking for WebQuests or looking to create/modify a WebQuest.
Access
This website can be accessed by entering the web address http://www.zunal.com/index.php in your browser. You can create 1 WebQuest with the free membership. If you are willing to upgrade your membership to Pro you can create 50 WebQuests, copy and enhance existing WebQuests, and have access to additional modules to add to your WebQuest. The pro membership is $20 for three years (55¢ a month).
Reflection:
WebQuests are another teaching tool that I find very exciting. As I was searching through many WebQuests, it became apparent that not all that claim to be a WebQuest are a genuine WebQuest. Additionally, some were easy to navigate while others were less accessible. I began to wondering how to make a WebQuest look professional and be sure to have all the components necessary to be considered a true WebQuest. Melissa’s review proved to be an answer to my question. Paying for this service is not something I am quite ready for; however, once I have a few more ideas and resources already collected then I will be ready to pay for this service.